Last Updated July 19th, 2009 and tagged in What Makes It Exotica?, shows

Our first-ever classic exotica jam session was a success! It was held last Friday (July 10) at the Higher Ground Cafe in Wahiawa, HI. The band was:

Kit Ebersbach (piano; leader of Don Tiki),
Helen Liu (violin; of The WAITIKI 7),
Lopaka Colon (percussion & bird/animal calls; member of both DT and W7),
Randy Wong (bass; leader of W7),
James Ganeko (percussion; leader of the acclaimed Honolulu-based surf band Tiki Taboo).
Starr Kalahiki (voice; Don Tiki)
HAROLD CHANG (drums; of the original Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman groups!!!)
and Billy Popaka (tenor sax; Star of Honolulu cruise liner)

Listen to a clip from “Ruby”

We jammed on a number of exotica standards, new and old. The tunes we played were:

Manila (Denny)
So Many Stars (bossa standard)
Bamboozled (Don Tiki)
Heat (Don Tiki)
Little Sunflower (Freddie Hubbard)
Flamingo (a.k.a. “just a big f—’in bird”)
Coronation (Baxter/Denny/W7)
Quiet Village (Baxter/Denny)
Ruby (Denny)

Video coming soon!